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English
11, Newspaper
AP English 11
Telephone: 220-4050
E-Mail: dhart@ycsd.york.va.us
Text (s): Prentice
Hall Literature, The American Experience
Warriner's
Composition and Grammar, 5th course, HBJ
Course Description: This course
incorporates a study of American literature with interdisciplinary
aspects of United States history.
Competencies:
Upon completion of this course, you be better able to do the following:
- Organize evidence, present, analyze and evaluate
persuasive papers
- Read and analyze relationships among American
literature, history, and culture
- Read and critique a variety of poetry and dramatic
selections
- Write in a variety of forms, such as expository,
persuasive and technical.
- Edit writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation, spelling sentence structure, and
paragraphing
- Analyze, synthesize, and organize information to
produce a research project
Course Requirements: Students
are expected to prepare all assignments independently, read all
assigned works, complete homework, write cohesive analyzes of novels,
make observations
and regularly participate in class discussion.
Class Expectations:
- When absent from class or school, it is the your
responsibility to get
missed work prior to reporting to class so that you will be prepared
upon your return.
- All assignments are to be completed with care and
optimum effort. Come to class prepared, conscientious and committed to
success.
- Bring textbook, novel and notebooks (three-ring
binder) daily.
- Complete homework. Incomplete or late homework will
not be accepted.
- Be prompt to class.
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